How to force edit in notepad++ only?

[newcod3r]

I just switched to Win11, and notepad replacer no longer works.

How do I change it such that all edits are always made in notepad++?

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~^#a::edit

[lexikos]

Your hotkey could just call Run instead of Edit.

To change the default editor for AutoHotkey scripts, change the default value of the registry key HKCR\AutoHotkeyScript\Shell\Edit\Command. The documentation for Edit contains an example script which does this for you.

[newcod3r]

yes I prefer the regedit route. I inserted this and ran the .reg file, but it didn't work. Any idea why so?

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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AutoHotkeyScript\Shell\Edit\Command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe\" \"%1\""

[mikeyww]

You might want to try this one as well.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\AutoHotkey.exe\shell\edit\command

[newcod3r]

You might want to try this one as well.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\AutoHotkey.exe\shell\edit\command

this worked. THANK YOU!

[lexikos]

I suppose that might be necessary if you used "open with" to override the settings created by the installer. On my system, that key does not exist.

[mikeyww]

That is probably what I did long ago, with the portable version.

[kdodia]

You might want to try this one as well.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\AutoHotkey.exe\shell\edit\command

I am grateful you took the time to share this. It was driving me nuts!!

I have opened an issue on GitHub to add this to the documentation: https://github.com/Lexikos/AutoHotkey_L-Docs/issues/532.

[mikeyww]

Thanks for doing that. It might have just been a piece of information (registry key) that changed as Windows evolved into its latest versions.